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What is the smallest word in English in terms of the number of letters?

"I" and "A" are each the shortest actual English words.Both 'i' and 'I' are the narrowest words while 'a' is the shortest.


How did European get slaves before Portugal established trading post along the west activism cost?

What caused an increase in the number of slaves I the northern english colonies


How did the Greeks influence our language?

A great number of English words is derived from Greek ones. To quote Wikipedia, "In a typical English dictionary of 80,000 words, which corresponds very roughly to the vocabulary of an educated English speaker, about 5% of the words are borrowed from Greek directly, and about 25% indirectly" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_words_of_Greek_origin). A wide variety of words like cudos, philosophy and butter are used in the everyday English, as well as the science fields.


How many words are there in German?

It's not possible to count the words in any language, because there is no universal definition of what a word is. But most estimates place the number between 40,000 and 160,000words (which is the same range for almost all other languages).Note: English is an exception. It has the largest number of words of any language in the world, estimated at 170,000 to 250,000 words. No language has more words than English.


What letter in written English is least used?

The letter "Z" is the least used letter in written English. It is estimated to have a frequency of around 0.07% in the English language, making it one of the least common letters. This is due to the limited number of words that begin or contain the letter "Z" in comparison to other more frequently used letters.

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How many words can you make out of dictionary?

The 20 volume English dictionary contains 171476 words in current use and 47156 obsolete words. Terms of modern technology can increase this number to 220,000


Can you increase the number of words in the facebook comment box?

I can only post 450 words


What cause an increase in the number slaves in the northern English colonies?

There were no slaves in northern colonies.


Which language has the maximum number of words. Is it 'Hebrew' or 'Malayalam' or 'English'?

It is actually not possible to count the exact number of words in any language, because there is no universally accepted definition of what a word is. However, if your definition of an "English word" includes borrowed words, then English has more words than any other language.


What is the smallest word in English in terms of the number of letters?

"I" and "A" are each the shortest actual English words.Both 'i' and 'I' are the narrowest words while 'a' is the shortest.


Are there more words in Portuguese than in English?

No, English has more words than Portuguese. English has over 1 million words, while Portuguese has around 250,000 words. However, the number of words in a language is not the only indicator of its complexity or richness.


What are the words number two when translated from English to Japanese?

They are ni and futatsu.


What is the English translation of acelerados?

There are a number of online translation services available that quickly translate words from a number of languages to English. For instance, Google translates the Spanish 'Acelerados' to 'accelerated' in English.


What is the homonyms of the word even?

Even has a number of different meanings in English. Check thesaurus.com for homonyms to English words.


How many English words are there in English language?

There are more than 100,000,000 words in the English language.The previous answer is incorrect. No language has more than a million words. The real answer is that it has less than 250,000 words, but no exact number can be given.


What caused an increase in the number in the northern English colonies?

Fewer indentured servants arrived as conditions in Europe improved.


What caused an increase in the number of slave in the northern English?

Fewer indentured servants arrived as conditions in Europe improved.